Love NPR

As if their news isn't already the best on the planet NPR recently posted a game called "Name That Crime." I've cut and paste the game and the answers people wrote in below, but then there's a link to the actual news story. Turns out this elegant lady performed her crime in Spartenburg, SC. I think this state provides more fodder for embarrassing news stories than any other.

From NPR.org:

"This woman was arrested for a crime that involved hiding something in her pants. Best guess as to the alleged crime, and what was hidden in said pants, wins.
Winner gets fame, fortune, and a mention in this week's credits.*
*Fame and fortune not actually included.

UPDATE: We have a winner! Once again, you guys made it really hard to pick. A few of our favorites:

• Scott Gabree: Not wanting to pay for two tickets to see Grown Ups on the big screen, she hid her daughter in her pants and attempted to shuffle by the attendant. The daughter, not to be outdone, filled her pants with cheaper candy from across the street. Both attempts were unsuccessful.
• Beth Coffey: She had an entire spiraled cut ham in her pants..Non-spiraled tends to chafe when you walk.
• Gwendolyn Murray: Matt Damon.
• Cody Roach: Local authorities were surprised to find yet another Russian spy ring hidden in a Ohio woman's pants yesterday. The FBI claims they had been in "deep cover" for over 10 years.
• Brian Jolley: We know it wasn't a comb.
• Mary Borer: Now we know where Waldo's been all this time.
• Timmon Pham: Inside her pants is a smaller person who looks just like her,
  and inside that person's pants is a even smaller version of her,
  and inside it's pants is an even smaller version of her,
  and inside it's pants is an even smaller version.
  and so on and so on.

And a few of you sent in the real story, involving, of course, a sandwich. Peter will announce the winner in this weekend's credits."

Thanks NPR. (I love the guy who said  "We know it wasn't a comb"!)

Big Talk

For all my big talk about working on the house and starting to paint the living room I just couldn't do it yesterday. We worked on the house non-stop all last weekend and then after a week at work I just couldn't make myself do it and went on strike. Fortunately I am married to someone who understands that feeling and didn't press. In fact I couldn't make myself do anything; I petted kitties, went back and read old emails that I kept skipping because I didn't have time to read them when they arrived, organized and alphabetized my books, found a great yoga website, and so on. I didn't exercise, I didn't do laundry, I didn't buy the baby shower gift I'll need for tomorrow, didn't prepare any food, and I didn't paint. I'll pay for some of those didn'ts this week but that's the way it goes. As one of the lines in my email signature says, I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. Ain't that the truth.

Blinded By Humidity

It's been an unusually hot summer for us. Our near daily afternoon storms keep the humidity high and make me feel like I live in the tropics. Strangely, I love it. If you wear glasses, however, and leave an air conditioned car or house the change can be so drastic that your lenses will fog up and leave you blind.

How humid is it? It's so humid I saw a squirrel blowing on his nuts to keep them dry and cool. Love those southern expressions.

Saving Lives

Although I was part of the crew that performed emergency aid on a patient in the office yesterday who passed out and hit the floor (I was able to break her fall) and seized several times during a serious asthma attack, I am actually saving a lot more turtles than people this summer. We have a bumper crop of cute box turtles with bright orange eyes in our neighborhood and they all seem to want to cross the street. Why? And don't say to get to the other side, although assuredly that's what they're doing since there's a creek at the edge of our subdivision. I saved a fourth turtle today who was just chillin' in the middle of busy Twin Lakes Road. Crazy little ectotherms.

Progress

We've been working on the house nearly nonstop this weekend. We now have three new 'medicine' cabinets installed in two bathrooms, pictures hanging on the walls, the CDs have been moved to their new location (still needing to be organized - right now Mozart's hangin' out with the Beatles), videos and DVDs culled and organized, the area we call the 'white desk' in the kitchen which has several shelves and cubbyholes has been reorganized/redecorated, and now I'm about to begin actually cleaning the house. There is still much more to do (towel bars and curtains for example) and since we fired our previous cleaning help (they didn't clean very well and almost let the cats out) we also need to find someone to clean this monstrosity. One day it is my dream to blog properly again, of babies and lizards and cats.

Sorry Ya'll...

... still working on the house.